My best mpg EVER..

Domo

Domo

Domo

Soldato
Joined
11 Feb 2004
Posts
4,532
Location
Surrey, UK
.. in my 51 plate Audi A4 2.0 SE (Petrol).

535 miles on one tank (with 40 miles remaining according to the trip computer). Cost me £71.00 at £1.15.9 per litre to fill her up again.

Did take some serious restraint on the gas pedal!! Took Top Gear's advice and stayed off the gas while in gear when possible. Apparetly the car does not use any fuel when doing this. Not sure how much truth is in that but it gave me over 100 miles more than I usually get out of a tank :)
 
So your best ever mpg, which you leave us to work out? Great!

Fill up = 71.00/1.159 = 61.251 litres
61.251 litres = approx 13.47 gallons
535 miles using 12.47 gallons = just under 43 mpg
Extra Urban mpg for the 2.0 SE = 46.3 mpg

So your best ever mpg is 3.3 lower than the manufacturers guide figure.

Well done!

:)
 
Last edited:
Your best ever figure matches my best ever figure.

You drive a 2 litre 4 pot, I drive a 3 litre 6 pot.

This thread fails the so what test.
 
[TW]Fox;17202131 said:
Your best ever figure matches my best ever figure.

You drive a 2 litre 4 pot, I drive a 3 litre 6 pot.

This thread fails the so what test.
Click to expand...

is yours calculated using the OBC or with the receipt to fill it back up and a calculator?
 
This thread represents my first real flaming! I was a little excited when I reached 535 miles on a single tank, especially when I usually reach a little over 400.

I never wanted to fail the so what test, and it seems I just have.

Hey ho. :)
 
photo of the receipt = serious

the guy i sit opposite to was just bragging about getting 505 miles on a tank in his diesel passat. did some sums, 42-43mpg. WOW, and he drives like miss daisy :S
 
Domo said:
.. in my 51 plate Audi A4 2.0 SE (Petrol).

535 miles on one tank (with 40 miles remaining according to the trip computer). Cost me £71.00 at £1.15.9 per litre to fill her up again.

Did take some serious restraint on the gas pedal!! Took Top Gear's advice and stayed off the gas while in gear when possible. Apparetly the car does not use any fuel when doing this. Not sure how much truth is in that but it gave me over 100 miles more than I usually get out of a tank :)
Click to expand...

The engine will always have some fuel going through it, else it would stall. I'm not sure what you mean though about 'staying off the gas' - don't you do that normally when driving and up to speed? Just tickle the throttle to keep it ticking over. Or do you mean take it out of gear and coast dangerously?

I get nearly 500 to the tank on a Fiesta which costs £40 to fill up, so um yeah. Exciting.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top Bottom